Lance Bass welcomes twins Violet Betty and Alexander James via surrogate: 'The baby dragons have arrived!!'
Lance Bass and husband Michael Turchin have welcomed their twin children via surrogate on Wednesday.
The 42-year-old N'Sync singer and his husband of nearly seven years Turchin welcomed twins Violet Betty and Alexander James.
Bass shared the happy news on Instagram, sharing photos of the twins' birth certificates on Wednesday.
Parent: Lance Bass and husband Michael Turchin have welcomed their twin children via surrogate on Wednesday
Birth: Bass shared the happy news on Instagram, sharing photos of the twins' birth certificates on Wednesday
'The baby dragons have arrived!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can not express how much love I feel right now,' Bass began.
'Thank you for all the kind wishes. It meant a lot. Now, how do you change a diaper??! Ahhhhhhhh!' Bass joked.
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He also got congratulatory messages from celebrity friends like Fortune Feimster, Brett Gursky, LeeAnne Locken, Jamie Lynn Sigler and more.
Baby dragons: 'The baby dragons have arrived!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can not express how much love I feel right now,' Bass began
Friends: He also got congratulatory messages from celebrity friends like Fortune Feimster, Brett Gursky, LeeAnne Locken, Jamie Lynn Sigler and more
The birth certificates reveal that Alexander James was born first at 1:24 PM, weighing 4 pounds and 14 ounces and spanning 18.5 inches long.
Violet Betty followed just one minute later at 1:25 PM, weighing 4 pounds and 11 ounces and spanning 17.5 inches long.
The birth of these fraternal twins brings the long parenthood journey of Bass and Turchin to a close, after nine previously failed surrogacy attempts.
Parenthood: The birth of these fraternal twins brings the long parenthood journey of Bass and Turchin to a close, after nine previously failed surrogacy attempts
Daughter: Violet Betty followed just one minute later at 1:25 PM, weighing 4 pounds and 11 ounces and spanning 17.5 inches long
Bass revealed in March 2020 in an Entertainment Tonight interview that their surrogate lost their child to a miscarriage, which was their ninth surrogacy attempt.
'We unfortunately lost him after eight weeks, which happens to pretty much everyone when you’re going through IVF,' Bass said.
'I didn’t even know that as we were going through this, but we’ve met so many great couples who have the same story,' he added.
Miscarriage: Bass revealed in March 2020 in an Entertainment Tonight interview that their surrogate lost their child to a miscarriage, which was their ninth surrogacy attempt
Lost him: 'We unfortunately lost him after eight weeks, which happens to pretty much everyone when you’re going through IVF,' Bass said
Bass and Turchin started dating in January 2011, with the couple announcing their engagement in September 2013.
They tied the knot in December 2014 at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
The wedding was filmed for the February 2015 E! special Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding, making them the first same-sex couple to exchange vows on cable television.
Couple: Bass and Turchin started dating in January 2011, with the couple announcing their engagement in September 2013
Married: They tied the knot in December 2014 at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles
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